The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-22
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How Poets OF Different states Mako Their
Rhymes.

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Rhymes.
Mr.. J. r. Williams, Of Norristown, COM
plains that a southern poetess rhymes corn
and gone Well, that's correct; that's
good rhyme where the poem was written ana
the author can't be responsible for the vagnries
OF pronunciation all over America. In the
land Of the cypress aud myrtle, where they
say "coann and "goan, what l. the matter
with making them rhymei Now in the EN-
pire Of Arkansas if a poet should write,
He asked you to give him a kiss. did hei
il would trouble his New England collabora-
tor to end the next line Of the couplet with
yesterday but be Of Arkansas goes calmly
and correctly on with,
NJ longer than jist yistidly.
So. also. the poet daown ia Narmaount can
rhyme Joss with ~horse" and "calf' with
through Moreover. amy poet in the republic
outside Of Pennsylvania. inditing AN oslo to
well known railway in that state, would make
"readingp rhyme with "bleeiing." but the
people who live on the line Of the road would
use bedding" They do, too. the old fash
ioned Pennsylvania Dutch kind, one feather
bed 10 sleep on, and three 70 cover With You
see the poet, dear Williams, rhymes by ear
and not by sight.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
"Alas." mournfully exclaims a Boston
clergyman. nthe old fashioned way OF max
ing love has passed away with our fathers.
In behalf Of the young people q this genera
ton. we return thanks for this blessing. The
old fashioned way Of making love, as we
understand it, must have been adreary affair.
A man began, if we catch the rat, by making
love 10 his father-in- law, whom he hated, and
hi. mother-in-aw, whom he greatly feared.
Hecalled his sweetheart Respected miss, and
once I'm while got chance 20 touch her
finger tips Jelly in "A dance as he teetercd past
her like "A stYrlS on stills, for in such manner
Of jointless grace and frosty merriment,
children, did your grandsires dance pro
nounced dawncel. Ard for all thls-"hat
Horace Greeley would call "Arctic circle ~
frigiiity my son, your grandfather loVeu
yonr granlmother-s0f and fragrant be the
sold fashioned roses" that bloom above her
no better. / wOt. than YOU do the girl you
feed on indigestiOle caramels and corn starcD
ice cream. while YOU fill her ears with the
most ili0tir chatter that ever drove sensible
man mad. Out Out with you, Gut Of my
,ight AMI hearing By Venus glove II ever
again hear you talk 10 a girl as / overheard
Won Talk 10 Kitty last night TIL brain you
with something soft. If I knew where % hit
vou After an. may il not be that our fathers
were not such half baked fools as their sonsi
/ viii read over few Of my own old love
letters and Sea.
COMMENCEMENT IS OVER.
The country. and incidentally the universe,
Is safe for another year We have been IN
great peril. but our danger has been pointed
ont. and not only SO, but the way 20 safety
has at the same time been so clearly Indicated
that the wayfaring man, though a Mug
,yuinn need not err therein An abyss OF
fr,htful depth has lowered above us over
sloJo,ying an this fair land with the deadly
bli.ht OF It's maarial breath In accents that
chilled the heart with the Upas like touch OF
If. basili.k glance. that echoed from sea o.
shore But YOU have saved Us, my boy: you
and your fellows have snatched as from this
nvins grave. whose hungry breakers dashed
their binding spray and wreathed the"
angry flames in lurid tongues about our feet
You il is who I'm this month of ieaiy juno
bave told us of "Ihe PerIs Of the Republci'
4The Labor Problem" "Ihe Duty ~ tile
Hour "The Decay Of Patriotism;' work
and Wages The Deterioration Of Man
hood THE Labor Question" "Ihe Decline
OF Sntesmanship. "lhe Labor Agitation,
-Tbe Weakness Of q Republican Form OF
Goyernmeut.7 Labor and Capital The
Downfall of Liberty "The Labor Problem,
its Evils and their Remedy" Corruption IN
Politics. "The Labor Problem and It's Dan
ecrs;o Are We a Free People" The Labor
Problem IA National Menace" The perils
that besot our path You have shown US but
You have also guided US into paths Of safety
You have told US Of "Tho Only Way 10 Good
Government "The Safety Of the kepublic'
"The True Mission Of the Labor Reformer'
~Reforns in tine Ballot:n "The Coming Man.
4Tbe True Reformer7 "The Hope Of Our
Country 1.-THE Conservation of Popular
Government" labor Reform; "Thc Out
look Of the Hour" Labor Agitation Bless
ing." "Our Legacy for Our Children" What
we owe 70 Posterity;" and your sisters have
nobly rushed 70 the rescue with assurances
that might brings out the Stars" and moro
over that Man is the Arhiter " His own
Destiny" ~Woman's Sphere" The lnhu-
ence Of Woman "Womans Duty "Wo-
man. the Hope OF the World" and Spring"
Heaven bless you, my children, you have
saved us: Heaven bless youl Come again,
next commencement
BIT OF SCIENCE.
The male wasp, the naturalist tells us, never
stiugs. But so long rs be and his sister are
twins and dress exactly alike this bit Of
knowledge ayaileth nothing 70 the careless
man who does not know IL Is the lady who Is
approaching him, until it be that She smiteth
him with her hustle. What humanity de
mands Of science IN the case Of the wasps Is
the invention Of some prompter method Of
distinguishing between Monsieur and Madam
wazzle at forty yards
THE LITTLE ONE.
The little totrng baby feet
With faltering steps and SLOW
With pattcriug echoes soft and sweet
Into my heart they 20;
They also go, IN grmy plays,
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
Then through the house ia trackful maze